katieD Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 hi all i resuced a baby chick (belgium bantam) and decided to see it through hoping that it would be a girl i could introduce to my other 3 girls. its now about 10 weeks and it is a boy! the problem is we have hand reared it and its really tame and lovely the whole family have fallen in love with it! is there really no way we can keep it in our garden? not sure what the neighbours would think if not i will have to find a new home for him but hes just so lovely! thanks katie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 You will have to see how things go . He might not be too noisy (if you are lucky) and your neighbours might like the sound of the countryside. If not, here is the forum **rehoming policy**, for you to have a look at. There are some useful suggestions in it. Unfortunately we can't assist in rehoming via the forum, but you could try the **Omlet Marketplace**. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Have you tried asking your neighbours Katie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I agree with Claret, ask your neighbours, it can't hurt can it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 It might be quite a quiet crow, being a bantam and all that.... Pekins crow loud but I think the rest of them arent quite as bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokiechicken1969 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 i really hope you get to keep your lovely boy. i live on a farm. there have been chickens, (so i guess cockerels too) since the 17th century. the old barns have been converted into houses by the previous owner and sold to rich people who have relocated. no problem with that, but they've written to the council regarding my lovely boy. he is not allowed out before 9am out of courtesly to the neighbours but they've still complained. aparantly he spoils the enjoyment of their gardens when he crows. as one woman said ' we didnt move to a farm to be surrouded by noise' unreal. i have invited the council out to come and see the cockerel and the farm so fingers crossed. but if you cant keep a cockerel on a farm where can you keep one? makes me furious. in this day and age life is so noisey. traffic, music, parties, dogs barking. etc. at least a cockerel only crows during the day (i make sure mine is in a well sound proofed coop so he doesnt wake us at 4am ) but many noises these days carry on into the night! the people who have complained have a swimming pool and have had countless parties until the small hours that have disturbed me!!! finges crossed for your boy. i have everything crossed for mine!! chrissie xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokiechicken1969 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 me again.... sorry got right on my soap box now.... i meant to add that the woman whom has complained likes chickens and has taken 4 hens of me. she now has a coop in her garden and has added a few more. i have read that sometimes a dominant hen will start to crow like a cockerel. not sure if this is true but im praying to the great hen in the sky that this happens. what goes around comes around maybe chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beulah59 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 as one woman said ' we didnt move to a farm to be surrouded by noise' unreal. That's just bizarre, isn't it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieD Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 thanks for your advice might wait and see how loud it is when it starts to crow? will probably pop and round (with half a dozen eggs! as a bribe! ) and see what they say- problem is we have gardens backing on to ours so it could bother them just as much! i suppose it all depends on how loud the little mite is! good luck with the council visit! katie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Where do you live Katie?? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 The thing is that cockerels don't just crow in the morning (early to in the summer), some crow all day... constantly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessandra Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I think it depends on how you get along with neighbours. Having had first hand experience of being on the wrong end of a noise complaint (very traumatic and resulted in a house move - which is for the best, as it happens), I certainly wouldnt set out to upset my lovely new neighbours. I'd take a bit of time to read the posts on here about noise..speak to neighbours (if you are on those terms) and then make a decision. I bet he's lush as well good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieD Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 hi i live in derby/nottingham- ive spoken to my neighbours and they were quite polite about it but i could tell they were thinking- 'i dont think so your mad for keeping chickens! ' i really dont think its going to be worth the hassle of neighbour fall outs thanks for all your advice. im sure i will find him a lovely home- hopefully before he starts crowing! katie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Hi We had the same situation last year. Phillipa , our White Crested Black Poland Bantam crowed! But we have kept Phillip ( as he has become) and he is the proud and caring husband of Phillipa (2nd) and Teddie. We even now have 2 of his daughters back ( Joy and Babs - remember the Beverley sisters?). We asked our immediate neighbours who raised no objections. They say they like hearing " country noises" and we give them eggs from time to time. Our main concern has been the early morning crow before 7-7.30. We try to control that by blacking out the eglu ( now cube) and dampening the sound by facing it into the house wall to deflect the sound a bit. He's been a bit earlier than usual ( 6.45 this morning) since moving into the cube but we're working on it. Our backstop is a large dog crate which we'd bring into the house if it ever becomes a problem. But we've never used it. After the morning crow, he calls to the girls when he can't see them,( - he always has a purpose to his call, )but we've taken the view, that during the day, there are cars, children, dogs, builders etc around and its not an issue. He's part of our neighbourhood now. I love having a cockerel, it just adds another dimension to the flock. I hope you can keep him Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickles Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 hi there we have a buff orp cock and live in suburbia just around the corner from Luton airport. I too hand raised them. unfortunately we had to re home one of the boys as he was noisy and very territorial, although still a lovely big fella. He found a new home through little hen rescue and lives down the road from them with lots of lovely hens. We kept our other cock though he was my first born and only chick child for some time. I nearly had a divorce over keeping him. We found however that when he is in an eglu he is a lot quieter than the cube. its also worth trying to face your eglu a different way in the garden each morning to see if the house or trees etc help to block the noise slightly. we tried all the blacing out etc and raising the height of the floor but didnt really work he just crowed more because we had upset him. Now we just dont let him out until after 8am if we can help it. I think the council laws state something about noises before 7.30am. We are lucky in a way we live on a corner plot and back onto the main road to the airport so the traffic noise drones him out slightly. So bear with it for a while and just try some different things. I love the cocks more than i do the hens to be honest, more friendly and cuddly, maybe its just mine is as daft as a brush though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I agree about the eglu! He is much louder in the cube. The problem is that he loves the cube. We found he'd gone to bed at 7.30 last night and left the girls still up and digging around in the garden. They had to climb over him to get to bed! We always had to entice him into the eglu run at bedtime so pluses and minuses. But do try to keep your cockerel because they do add something to the flock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 I think personally it's "no way at all". Sorry. The crowing in a residential area would be unfair on neighbours unless thsy specifically said they wouldn't mind I would forget it. I agree that barking dogs can be equally noisy, but 2 wrongs don't make a right... also dogs that bark as much as cockerals crow would be sibject to noise-abatement orders anyway! I do agree that in rural areas without near neighbours it's a different story: farms are businesses and noise, even through the night when harvesting, is to be expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
